Winter Ethereal

You and I drifting under shifting tides Keep holding on to tomorrow, we'll see the sunrise You and I till the end of all our days Still here we are alive and well and we're waiting Under vermilion moons Under vermilion moons Twisted roots bind their souls to the heavens The hands of fate keep one foot in the grave Blood red skies are bleeding from tired eyes Fire and brimstone a world set ablaze High on a hill below the here and the after Self-anointed preaching to the choir Exultations and armies of rapture It's heaven or hell, tell me who is your master And they bow and they pray, they confess The mortals chasing angels Fly to the ends of the afterworld Faithful eyes held to the skies And still they wait for you The ghosts of the prophets buried under cathedrals Vaulted spires erect to Elysium Gilded are the tongues and the Ark of the Covenant The Dead Sea Scrolls and for whom the bell tolls Riding through the night like rolling thunder Revelations 634 Blind architects foresee Armageddon It's the end of all days, divinely mandated genocide And they bow and they pray, they confess The mortals chasing angels Fly to the ends of the afterworld Faithful eyes held to the skies Still they wait for you While you and I drifting on the shifting tides Keep holding on to tomorrow, we'll see the sunrise You and I till the end of all our days Still here we are alive and well under vermilion moons Don't look away, don't ever Imagination's innocence in this world won't last forever Eyes wander from the cradle of wonder Awakes from a restless slumber Through a window to the heavens Twilight to a dream Dreaming dreams before remembrance Wondering what holds up the sky Mother she embrace eternal, singing lullabies Slipping through little hands like painted butterflies Trying to catch the memories before, before they fly away Everything we are, foreshadowed and disguised Wistfully foreboding winter, innocence slowly dies Tracing outlines in the sands of yesterday Weary eyes look to the sky and wonder Beautiful simplicity dissolved with every written word Ethereal the sound of silence that we've never heard The clay feet of the gods immortalized by every mortal hand Connate flaws send stone and mortar crumbling to the ground No stone we've left unturned reveals what we could never be Questions posed reveal more questions in deep seas of mystery It's raining down illusions, drowning thunderous empty souls It's raining but we're dying, raining and we're dying And they bow and they pray, they confess The mortals chasing angels Fly to the ends of the afterworld How long, how long must they wait for you? While you and I drifting on the shifting tides Keep holding on to tomorrow, we'll see the sunrise You and I till the end of all our days Still here we are and we're dancing under vermilion moons The ghosts of the prophets buried under cathedrals Testify, will you testify, testify Riding through the night like rolling thunder Testify, will you testify, testify

Submitted by Iron_Wraith — Apr 26, 2025

So, deep in the forest, wandering Through the mist of a new day dawning With diamonds in her eyes And gold dust in her hair Oh, so whimsical and she'll be no angel falling Sad wings of destiny won't carry her away Twisting, turning her serpentine heart is yearning To catch a shooting star and kiss the sky Ever fleeting, chasing her epiphanies It's a long way home Spider senses her web of truth unbroken She turns and looks away In the deep of the night When the lightening might strike twice If you get much closer She might even let you live to fight another day You have forced her heart To change the colors from hunted into huntress Strange elusive bird You will never hold her down Iridescent glow of turquoise and indigo Tribal colors show and rhythms guide her home A silent lioness alive with wanderlust She bleeds like the blood red sky Cries like the falling rain A thousand warriors you will come to know If you dare betray the heart of the Ever fleeting wild gypsy soul Ever fleeting, chasing her epiphanies It's such a long way home Spider senses her web of lies unspoken She turns and looks away Tribal rhythms they are calling her home They are calling her home, wherever she may roam Mystic visions far beyond the great unknown Burns a fire in her soul, her wild gypsy soul In the deep of the night When the lightening might strike twice If you get much closer She might even let you live She won't give herself away You have forced her heart To change the colors from hunted into huntress Strange elusive bird You could never hold her down Iridescent glows of turquoise and indigo Tribal colors show and rhythms guide her home A silent lioness alive with wanderlust If you dare to cage the heart of the Ever fleeting wild gypsy soul Into the wind dream catcher Take imagination's flight As you love, as you cry As you live, as you die Always beware of those who see in black and white And I pray you find your way home

Submitted by Finntroll — Apr 26, 2025

Searching for some truth within your lies I see imminent betrayal in their eyes Where insidious delusions spread like wild fire The hunger so insatiable, intentions undeniable The unbridled mind dying to define you The assassin and his mercenary Have you in their aim Your strength to disengage Only justifies their rage to the bottom Coiled behind the charm and strangeness How well I know your poison Arsonist in this tinderbox, they, they live to play with fire Conspiratus, eye to eye, mind to mind Intuition knows in a fraction Ends of forever, the beginning of never again I don't want to bear your cross of affliction Or carry this dying flame through relentless rain Cross my heart and I hope to die A vow of silence and forever close my eyes Heart string symphony resonate to decay The winds of change tears the pages away So into the night I take to flight just like a night bird Far away from the gilded tongues The rumors, the chatter, and of all that has ever mattered Let the sun go down on me Now all I want to be is a solitary man For the rest of my life I'll be a solitary man And how I long for those dog days of summer Mesmerizing tangerine skies far as the eye can see Lying in the tall grass sheltered away from the word, you and I Curious dragonflies illusive as was love The horizon kissed the sun goodbye As the tides of broken dream pulled me beyond the shallows Anomalies I've seen cannot dissolve from my memory In a momentary lapse of reason Where there's nothing to believe in no one came I'm drowning in the mire of the uninspired killing words And ill-fated desires Welcome home my son, welcome home We're waiting for you far too long, welcome home So gather all your scattered lives And never give yourself away again, welcome home Cross my heart and I hope to die A vow of silence and forever close my eyes Heart string symphony resonate to decay The winds of change tears the pages away So into the night I take to flight just like a night bird Far away from the gilded tongues The rumors, the chatter and of all that has ever mattered Let the sun go down on me 'Cause all I want to be is a solitary man Torn, I'm torn, torn between the truth and lies

Submitted by Dahmers Fridge — Apr 26, 2025

The singularity, the day of awakening breaking The phantoms aware inside you in a parallel universe A black hole anomaly devouring all left in its wake For heaven's sake all shall feel the wrath of the universe Children of the sun, now what have you done Seems your mother's crying, you've bitten the hand that feeds you Bleeds for you, she's on her knees for Every beat of your heart for you Once upon a time again, they all die climbing Over the broken bones of those who tried before them Visionary, eyes sewn closed, blindly search for he who knows Insidious seeds of greed breed evil Serpentine their roots, strangling life from itself Avaricia, Acedia It's high noon with the noonday devil Wrath of the universe, feel her surround you Wrath of the universe, she will devour you Equilibrium of the pendulum swing Set in perfect balance and synchronicity Light to black and back again Spinning into oblivion Terminators with supercolliders Like mischievous children Always tinkering things off kilter Contradictor, equalizer Macrocosm deep inside her Wrath of the universe, feel her surround you Wrath of the universe, she will devour you So you want to be your own god Who you going to pray to then when it all goes down? (When the sky comes falling down on you) Strange voices, speaking tongues When lies became the truth and it all dies down (When it all comes raining down on you) Parallel worlds colliding, she'll eradicate to balance The cancer, the poison, they will all be washed away The passion for revenge goes beyond the sense of reason Your narcissistic ghosts are coming back to haunt you Mother, she has given all and yet they take what is forbidden And give nothing in return Mother, your children have betrayed you As they, they drain the lifeblood from your still beating heart Mother, from womb to tomb the self-anointed demagogues Believe they create where they stand Madmen, they trudge across the dust and stones Of remnant thrones gone so long before them Sunrise, a gift to grace our tired eyes Twilight preludes, the songbirds Another day of following shadows In fields of thorns and seasons of wither A mystery, a parallel uni-mind A black hole singularity that breathes Tellurian, a dark soul anomaly That swallows everything in its wake Children of the sun, what have you done? Seems your mother's dying, you've bitten the hand that feeds you Bleeds for you she's on her knees for Every beat of your heart for you Ghost ships sail so precariously In nefarious waters of dark iniquities Still she'll spin around long beyond The traces of them never found So you want to be your own god Who you going to pray to then when it all goes down? (When the sky comes falling down on you) Strange voices, speaking tongues When lies became the truth and it all dies down (When it all comes raining down on you) Parallel worlds colliding, she'll eradicate to balance The cancer, the poison, they will all be washed away The passion for revenge goes beyond the sense of reason Your narcissistic ghosts are coming back to haunt you

Submitted by Iron_Wraith — Apr 26, 2025

Indelibly into my heart Inscribed your love a lifetime ago Still all so near and so far away Seems like forever and a day And one by one I will climb the stars Up to the heavens where you are To hear your whisper again Till then our love remains ethereal, ethereal And I don't want to sleep I can't bear another awakening, dawn breaking my heart You said what's meant to be will always find a way But it wasn't meant to be this way We touched the flames of infatuation Till incantations of the sirens brought the rains Our entangled flaws tethered us together The warm glow of the embers still remain You and I lying under the evergreens Sunbeams breaking through to kiss your face Snow-laden boughs, mare's tails and silhouette clouds The cirrus canvas disappears before our eyes Such is life What the universe unveiled In the same breath it rescinded and took it all away I'm afraid that in, in trying to forget It's really letting go and I could never I pray for truth, for light, and for the way There's nothing to behold since you went away There once was a fool that said time heals all wounds But I believe forever is too soon The horizon kissed the sun goodbye As the tides of a dream Pulled me back in the shallows Mesmerizing tangerine skies fade away And I don't want to sleep I can't bear another awakening and dawn breaking my heart You said what's meant to be will always find a way But it wasn't meant to be this way To this hallowed ground Your tears of stardust rain ethereal Till I find my way to you Our love remains ethereal We touched the flames of infatuation Till incantations of the sirens brought the rains Our entangled flaws tethered us together The warm glow of the embers will always remain, always remain Till then our love remains ethereal

Submitted by Grave666 — Apr 26, 2025

I've got a death wish and the throttle down Dragon's tail I'm coming 'round Blind curves of my life Lined with roadside crosses A mirage coming off the road She's dangerous I'm told She'll catch your eye and it's a long way down Catch her if you dare Oh, she is everywhere She left me in a slow burn When will I ever learn? Chasing vermilion moons over lost horizons Almost dawn, running hot with white line fever On a wing and a prayer, and a dare we'll make it there Dead or alive we will never surrender Catch her if you dare Oh, she is everywhere She left me in a slow burn When will I ever learn? For the life of me For the life of me, please tell me Why I run from love, I run from sorrow Run from yesterday and from tomorrow For the life of me This winding road turns like a broken arrow You and I like the raptor chase the sparrow We could never fly the straight and narrow I could never fly the straight and narrow And she said I'll be your light and I'll be the rain I'll be the one to make you feel love again And I'm gonna make you bleed I'll give you all you need to heal again While you contemplate the cosmos I will surround you, I'll hold you down To the here and the now I will tear down your facades, I'll silence your gods If you come to me I will love you forever For the life of me For the life of me, please tell me Why I run from love, I run from sorrow Run from yesterday and from tomorrow For the life of me This winding road turns like a broken arrow My old man, bless his soul, always said If you want to live, son, you better fly the straight and narrow I could never fly the straight and narrow No matter how I try I could never fly the straight and narrow

Submitted by The Void — Apr 26, 2025

A forbidden road to nowhere The strays and shadows often wander alone Through an un-enchanted forest The abandoned ruins on the hill there Still she waits for you, painted eyes ashen blue Tiny dancer all her dreams were tainted By a poison invisible, still she danced a perfect tragedy Fall from grace, her fractured porcelain face She was the immolation sent away To raise the spirits of the dying Did you feel betrayed, were you dreaming Of a wheel in the sky where you touched the clouds Laughed and cried? Did you feel alone, were you drifting Through those dead doll eyes, fading away Through a pitch black prism? Her iridescent silken hair spirals through the air Like cattails swirling in the autumn winds Falling gently to the mire Children in the fields they gather flowers wilting away As an empathetic requiem And the music falls silent She did not cry, she didn't dare As the musing turned fantasia Unraveling all her fears Did you feel alone, were you drifting Through those dead doll eyes, fading away Through a pitch black prism? Through those dead doll eyes, fading away Through a pitch black prism Through those dead doll eyes, fading away Fading away Shine on Chernobyl doll, dance your last dance The children they mustn't know they are never going home Radiant child bow in quiet repose A dying swan lying in a bed of primrose Irradiated flames they burn a cold, cold hellfire Beyond the Iron Curtain falling empire Takes secrets to the grave What did they know before the afterglow? A conspiracy to save their own They know all roads lead to Moscow Perilous flight of a songless bird That could see over the horizon Was blinded by the northern lights And flew into the sun Dying Chernobyl doll, dance your last dance Soon they all will know they are never going home Radiant child standing in the poison rain All too well she knows this will never be her home again Did you feel betrayed, were you dreaming Of a wheel in the sky where you touched the clouds Laughed and cried? Did you feel alone, were you drifting Through those dead doll eyes, fading away? Through a pitch black prism Through those dead doll eyes, fading away Through a pitch black prism Through those dead doll eyes, fading away Fading away

Submitted by Dahmers Fridge — Apr 26, 2025

Dancing in the still of winter The May Queen prays for sun Writes upon her dead horse carousel A diary of sorrows And it seems a stranglehold on her yesterday Is slipping away The allure of all that shimmers on Sparks a tinder's dying flames Her bated breath obscures the view Through windows to a garden Being tended to by sparrows Perched upon the wither Pleading with rain gods To come wash her sins away She thought she'd never make it back again This storm is dying And if you find that songbird in your heart Seems strangely silent The sum of all you'll ever be Means all was never in your hands It was never in your hands There's a tattered man with a guitar in his hand That gently weeps from his dying soul Drifters pay no mind and pass by Like shadows of the crows Missionary, sanctuary Testifies with borrowed words Singing haunting melodies But no one's listening anymore This crow knows when to fly away From places nothing ever grows In his dreams awaits a lady Of the sparrows Losing your way home The quicksand it pulls you under You thought you'd never make it back again Here you stand to wonder And if you find that songbird in your heart Seems strangely silent The sum of all you'll ever be Was never in your hands Tell me why must you bring what I can't bear What I can't hold, what I can't carry? Why should I bow before a man With his blood on my hands? We are what we are, what we always were What we will always be Beyond what we hold in our hands Is just endless surrender As I close my eyes I fade away I hear voices say, remnants of yesterday, all fades away When the darkness comes, in the light of day And it's always near, wish I could wish it away, I fade away As I lay me down, I fade away How we learn to trust, how we learn trust betrays, I fade away As I open my eyes I look away How we learn in love sometimes our love can stray, blue turns to gray As I close my eyes I can hear the rain All the things they say, heavy your words can weigh, I fade away And how soon we forget the blessed lives we're given And how late we regret the lies we're living The sins of those before you Winds of change, the wrath of another Waves of you in still waters In your hand, sometimes never And if you find that songbird in your heart Alive with rapture The sum of all of your years All was never in your hands Never in your hands, my friend It was never ever in your hands

Please open your eyes, little one By whose hand has this been done? What sort of evil reveals This darkness to a child? Through windows of your soul You saw wounds all too cold Would you trust in me to hold you If only, if only for a little while? I still remember you so vividly Speaking with sad eyes Both of us knowing Through the door lies the end of your days My heart was breaking Abandoned, cold and shaking There's no mistaking My shadow will follow me home Follow me home, you're not alone Tomorrow is unknown for all who roam From the dark to the light Once again let hope take flight Believe in me, trust in me Follow me home Wherever the wind blows, take me Where I may go She stands beside me, my shadow She's a reflection of me now In a world without perfection Resurrection of living in the moment A solitary moment And it's soon to be a dream You say animals, only animals They are more than that to me You say animals, only animals But they are more than that to me Once shattered and sadly broken The world denied you Yet still deep inside you The fire rages on to be just what you are Fearless warrior And eyes of the blind Guardian and protector In fields of war you leave no man behind You say animals, only animals They are more than that to me You say animals, only animals But they are more than that to me More than that to me Bright eyes, tired eyes Unpretentious heart of gold The innocence, so vulnerable If they wander into the darkness Bright eyes, precious life Living in the moment Soon to be a dream Blue skies, spirits high In that moment we believed Forever would never die, never ever die Man has deemed them lesser than And they can't understand or love But I know they can, I know they can Me and my shadow Innocence, you opened your eyes to be crucified By the dark souls who wander here No trust, no love, no promise Just the cold fear of being the hunted I know you still dream about it 'Cause deep in the night you're running away From the misery, the insatiable hunger When you're unwanted Sad eyes, tired eyes, come to life The awakening Breaking the chains that bound you The light surrounds you Acquiesce the insidious wild inside To your watchful master Wherever this broken road divides from here We run together The seeds of abandonment lead to lasting pain But we won't live in vain We won't look away from the face of evil Don't turn away void of empathy Don't walk away always denying We can't turn away, innocence is dying Sunrise, high tides Always forever by my side Precious life, guiding light How we lived and how we cried Faithful heart, I was The universe gleaming in your eyes Bright eyes, tired eyes Kindred spirits intertwined Precious life, heart of gold Vulnerable to the darkest souls Blue skies, days gone by It was a good, good ride Your love took away The darkness from my humankind Running through the wild rye Memories till the day I die, till the day I die Bright eyes, tired eyes Unpretentious heart of gold The innocence, so vulnerable If they wander into the darkness Bright eyes, precious life Living in the moment Soon to be a dream Blue skies, spirits high In that moment we believed Forever would never die Man has deemed them lesser than And they can't understand or love But I know they can In the palm of my hand Melting into my heart You changed my life Took my darkness away And all that you were Is now all that I am Your kindred spirit Alone again Blue skies, spirits high In that moment we believed Forever would never die Sad eyes, tired eyes It's never easy to say goodbye

Submitted by Dahmers Fridge — Apr 26, 2025